1968–69 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 1968–69 Football League Second Division Fred Dewey Jimmy Scoular 5th John Toshack (22) John Toshack (31) FA Cup 3rd round League Cup 2nd round European Cup Winners Cup 1st round Welsh Cup Winners 16,870 26,210 (v Bristol City, 25 January 1969) 10,809 (v Carlisle United, 21 September 1968) 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff ffffff ffffff 1967–68 1969–70 The 1968–69 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 42nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifth. The team enjoyed nearly no success in cup competitions as they were knocked out in their first match of every cup apart from the Welsh Cup which they went on to win by beating local rivals Swansea Town in the final. John Toshack would go on to finish the season with a total of 31 goals in all competitions, equalling the record set by Hughie Ferguson in the 1926–27 season that would not be beaten until 2003 when Robert Earnshaw finished with a total of 35 goals. Players -- England GK Fred Davies -- England DF Gary Bell -- England DF David Carver -- Wales DF Graham Coldrick -- Wales DF Steve Derrett -- England DF Bobby Ferguson -- Wales DF Terry Lewis -- Wales DF Richie Morgan -- Scotland DF Don Murray -- England MF Ronnie Bird -- Scotland MF Malcolm Clarke -- England MF Brian Harris -- Wales MF Barrie Jones -- England MF Peter King -- England MF Leslie Lea -- Wales MF Leighton Phillips -- Scotland MF Frank Sharp -- Wales MF Mel Sutton -- Scotland FW Sandy Allan -- England FW Brian Clark -- England FW Norman Dean -- Wales FW John Toshack League standings 1968–69 Football League#Second Division Second Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H Result L/L/L/D/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/D/L/L/L/D/W/W/D/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/D/W/D/L/D/L/W/L/L Position //22/22/16/13/9/6/11/10/6/6/6/13/14/14/11/10/10/9/7/5/3/3/3/2/2/2/4/2/2/3/3/3/2/3/4/4/5/4/5/5 Points 0p/0p/0p/1p/3p/5p/7p/9p/9p/11p/13p/14p/14p/14p/14p/15p/17p/19p/20p/22p/24p/26p/28p/30p/30p/32p/32p/34p/34p/36p/38p/38p/40p/41p/43p/44p/44p/45p/45p/47p/47p/47p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Competitive matches November 2021 Fixtures and results Second Division 1968 8 10 y 15:00 1 L Cardiff City Crystal Palace 0 – 4 6 Mel Blyth35 48 Cliff Jackson 70 David Payne Ninian Park Cardiff 16,373 Eric Jennings (Stourbridge) 1968 8 14 y 19:30 2 L Cardiff City Charlton Athletic 0 – 1 10 Matt Tees Ninian Park Cardiff 11,979 Dennis Corbett (Essington, Nr Wolverhampton) 1968 8 17 y 15:00 3 L Norwich City Cardiff City 3 – 1 Hugh Curran 27 66John Manning 89 13 Ronnie Bird Carrow Road Norwich 14,476 1968 8 21 y 19:30 4 D Bury Cardiff City 3 – 3 Greg Farrell ? ? penRay Parry Brian ClarkBarrie Jones John Toshack Gigg Lane Bury 7,214 1968 8 24 y 15:00 5 W Cardiff City Preston North End 1 – 0 Peter King Ninian Park Cardiff 10,817 Harry New (Portsmouth) 1968 8 28 y 19:30 6 W Cardiff City Birmingham City 4 – 0 John Toshack John Toshack Gary Bell Brian Clark Ninian Park Cardiff 14,967 1968 8 31 y 15:00 7 W Portsmouth Cardiff City 1 – 3 Mike Trebilcock pen Brian Clark Peter King John Toshack Fratton Park Portsmouth 21,871 1968 9 7 y 15:00 8 W Cardiff City Middlesbrough 2 – 0 Bill Gates ogBrian Clark Ninian Park Cardiff 14,225 1968 9 14 y 15:00 9 L Huddersfield Town Cardiff City 3 – 0 Frank Worthington Frank Worthington Colin Dobson Leeds Road Huddersfield 7,523 1968 9 21 y 15:00 10 W Cardiff City Carlisle United 2 – 1 Brian Clark 40Barrie Jones 41 30 George McVitie Ninian Park Cardiff 10,809 1968 9 28 y 15:00 11 W Bristol City Cardiff City 0 – 3 65 Peter King73 John Toshack78 Barrie Jones Ashton Gate Bristol 20,632 John Gow (Swansea) 1968 10 5 y 15:00 12 D Cardiff City Aston Villa 1 – 1 John Toshack 44 71 Brian Godfrey Ninian Park Cardiff 17,113 John Homewood (Sunbury-On-Thames) 1968 10 8 y 19:30 13 L Birmingham Cardiff City 2 – 0 Jimmy Greenhoff Johnny Vincent St Andrew's Birmingham 28,298 1968 10 12 y 15:00 14 L Millwall Cardiff City 2 – 0 Billy Neil (footballer, born 1944) 42Derek Possee 60 The Den London 13,893 RL Johnson (Lowestoft) 1968 10 19 y 15:00 15 L Cardiff City Bolton Wanderers 0 – 2 42 Terry Wharton83 Gordon Taylor Ninian Park Cardiff 12,026 Jim Finney (Hereford) 1968 10 26 y 15:00 16 D Hull City Cardiff City 3 – 3 Ken Wagstaff 27 44 76 22 82 John Toshack75 Brian Clark Boothferry Park Hull 17,027 Roger Kirkpatrick (Leicester) 1968 11 2 y 15:00 17 W Cardiff City Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1 John Toshack 7Ronnie Bird 57 79 Don Martin Ninian Park Cardiff 11,672 Ken Wynn (Wolverhampton) 1968 11 9 y 15:00 18 W Blackpool Cardiff City 1 – 2 Tommy Hutchison 39 65 71 John Toshack Bloomfield Road Blackpool 12,085 1968 11 16 y 15:00 19 D Cardiff City Derby County 1 – 1 Brian Clark 73 79 Alan Durban Ninian Park Cardiff 17,328 Ken Burns (Stourbridge) 1968 11 23 y 15:00 20 W Oxford United Cardiff City 0 – 2 22 Brian Clark83 John Toshack Manor Ground Oxford 9,836 Keith Walker (Maidstone) 1968 11 30 y 15:00 21 W Cardiff City Sheffield United 4 – 1 Ronnie Bird 5 82 penBrian Clark 42John Toshack 90 Colin Addison Ninian Park Cardiff 14,255 John Yates (Redditch) 1968 12 7 y 15:00 22 W Fulham Cardiff City 1 – 5 Les Barrett 32 34 Brian Clark40 85 Barrie Jones56 John Toshack60 Leslie Lea Craven Cottage London 13,191 Norman Burtenshaw (Great Yarmouth) 1968 12 14 y 15:00 23 W Cardiff City Millwall 2 – 0 John Toshack Brian Clark Ninian Park Cardiff 22,405 1968 12 21 y 15:00 24 W Bolton Wanderers Cardiff City 1 – 2 Terry Wharton 85 22 Ronnie Bird63 Barrie Jones Burnden Park Bolton 8,895 1968 12 26 y 15:00 25 L Aston Villa Cardiff City 2 – 0 Barrie Hole Brian Tiler Villa Park Birmingham 41,296 Malcolm Sinclair (Guildford) 1968 12 28 y 15:00 26 W Cardiff City Hull City 3 – 0 Brian Clark Ronnie Bird John Toshack Ninian Park Cardiff 24,815 1969 1 11 y 15:00 27 L Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City 1 – 0 John Connelly 68 Ewood Park Blackburn 12,100 Keith Styles (Barnsley) 1969 1 25 y 15:00 28 W Cardiff City Bristol City 3 – 0 Brian Clark 18 45Peter King Ninian Park Cardiff 26,210 Harry New (Hampshire) 1969 2 1 y 15:00 29 L Derby County Cardiff City 2 – 0 Kevin Hector ? 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Baseball Ground Derby 34,589 1969 2 8 y 15:00 30 W Cardiff City Oxford United 5 – 0 Ronnie Bird Brian Clark Brian Clark John Toshack John Toshack Ninian Park Cardiff 16,387 Bill Castle (Dudley) 1969 2 12 y 19:30 31 W Cardiff City Blackpool 1 – 0 John Toshack Ninian Park Cardiff 24,206 Derek Nippard (Bournemouth) 1969 3 1 y 15:00 32 L Crystal Palace Cardiff City 3 – 1 Mel Blyth Steve Kember Tony Taylor Barrie Jones Selhurst Park London 19,663 Charles Nicholls (Plymouth) 1969 3 7 y 19:30 33 W Cardiff City Norwich City 3 – 1 John Toshack Peter King Ronnie Bird John Manning Ninian Park Cardiff 21,389 1969 3 11 y 19:30 34 D Sheffield United Cardiff City 2 – 2 Gil Reece ? ? 12 Brian Clark Barrie Jones Bramall Lane Sheffield 14,508 Ivan Robinson (Manchester) 1969 3 15 y 15:00 35 W Preston North End Cardiff City 0 – 1 Ronnie Bird Deepdale Preston 10,752 1969 3 21 y 19:30 36 D Cardiff City Portsmouth 2 – 2 John Toshack John Toshack Albert McCannog David Carver Ninian Park Cardiff 21,791 Ken Burns (Stourbridge) 1969 3 25 y 19:30 37 L Cardiff City Fulham 0 – 2 Brian Dear Brian Dear Ninian Park Cardiff 20,723 Mike Kerkhof (Bicester) 1969 3 29 y 15:00 38 D Middlesbrough Cardiff City 0 – 0 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 24,470 Bob Matthewson (Manchester) 1969 4 4 y 11:00 39 L Charlton Athletic Cardiff City 4 – 1 Matt Tees 17 29Harry Gregory 19Graham Moore 40 85 Don Murray The Valley London 21,832 Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton) 1969 4 7 y 15:00 40 W Cardiff City Bury 2 – 0 John Toshack Sandy Allan Ninian Park Cardiff 13,232 Charles Nicholls (Plymouth) 1969 4 12 y 15:00 41 L Carlisle United Cardiff City 1 – 0 Hugh McIlmoyle 1 Brunton Park Carlisle 5,546 Alan Green 1969 4 19 y 15:00 42 L Cardiff City Huddersfield Town 0 – 2 82 Trevor Cherry84 og Don Murray Ninian Park Cardiff 11,549 Eric Jennings (Stourbridge) League Cup 1968 9 4 y Round 2 L Carlisle United Cardiff City 2 – 0 Frank Barton Hugh McIlmoyle Brunton Park Carlisle 7,714 FA Cup 1969 1 4 y 15:00 Round 3 D Cardiff City Arsenal 0 – 0 Ninian Park Cardiff 55,136 David Smith (Stonehouse) 1969 1 7 y 19:30 Round 3 (Replay) L Arsenal Cardiff City 2 – 0 George Armstrong Bobby Gould Highbury London 52,681 David Smith (Stonehouse) European Cup Winners Cup 1968 9 18 y 19:30 Round 1 (First Leg) D Cardiff City FC Porto 2 – 2 John Toshack 24Ronnie Bird 50 pen 60 68 Custodio Pinto Ninian Park Cardiff 19,202 Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain) 1968 10 2 y Round 1 (Second Leg) L FC Porto Cardiff City 2 – 1 4 – 3 9 Pavao 76 Custodio Pinto 51 John Toshack Estadio das Antas Porto 55,000 Robert Helies (France) Welsh Cup 1969 1 15 y 15:00 Round 3 W Aberystwyth Town Cardiff City 0 – 3 Leslie Lea John Toshack Barrie Jones Park Avenue, Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 5,000 1969 2 5 y 19:30 Round 4 W Cardiff City Bethesda Athletic 6 – 0 Brian Clark Brian Clark Barrie Jones Gary Bell John Toshack Ninian Park Cardiff 6,749 1969 3 19 y 19:15 Semi Final W Chester Cardiff City 0 – 2 John Toshack John Toshack Sealand Road Chester 8,404 1969 4 22 y 19:30 Final (First Leg) W Swansea Town Cardiff City 1 – 3 Herbie Williams 50 13 44 John Toshack18 og Mel Nurse Vetch Field Swansea 10,207 Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil) 1969 4 29 y 19:30 Final (Second Leg) W Cardiff City Swansea Town 2 – 0 5 – 1 John Toshack 33Leslie Lea 40 Ninian Park Cardiff 12,617 Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil) See also List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons References The Who's Who of Cardiff City Dean Hayes Breedon Books 2006 1-85983-462-0 https://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM Football Club History Database – Cardiff City 1 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081230175437/http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM 30 December 2008 live Welsh Football Data Archive Category:Cardiff City F.C. seasons Category:Association football clubs 1968–69 season Card